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Contact! The Canadian Management Network -- A new logo, a new address, 
and MORE CONTENT.  Another Industry Canada information product on 
"Strategis."  

	For those of you who may not have heard of Contact! 
(http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/contact) it is the primary Canadian source on 
the Internet for business management information and advice. Contact! 
describes and gives you access to a full range of small business support 
organisations in Canada; provides a wide range of educational material 
and tools to help you start a business and develop your management 
capabilities; and points to online business opportunities.

	 Contact! will soon host online discussion forums where you can 
ask and answer questions, and develop business partnerships.   You can 
also find an extensive listing of business awards and read about  
successful entrepreneurs.

	Our home page has been redesigned to provide a new interface and 
faster loading times for the user, which makes finding what you want even 
easier. 

	Like "Strategis" (http://strategis.ic.gc.ca), Contact's main 
objective is to help small and medium size businesses realize their goals 
by providing information that helps the decision making process.   What 
is Strategis?  It's Canada's largest business web site, constantly 
growing and providing easy, direct access to Industry Canada's extensive 
expertise and information resources.  It contains over 70,000 reports, 
500,000 pages of searchable text, 2 gigabytes of statistical data and 
links to Canadian and international business information databases.  

	One of Strategis' strength  is its ease of use, despite its size. 
 You can use any one of a number of search engines to explore the site or 
follow an easy-to-use format.  The information is divided into these 6 
categories:

* Markets, Trade, and Investment
* Industrial Perspectives
* Technology and Innovation
* Micro-Economic Trends and Analysis
* Managing Your Business
* Marketplace Services.

With Contact! and Strategis, Industry Canada's commitment to continued 
growth and improvement will provide your business with the information it 
needs to stay current and stay competitive.

Contact!: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/contact
Strategis: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca